Ravens Tickets Lead Police To Burglary Suspects

Ravens Tickets Lead Police To Burglary Suspects

WBAL's John Patti talks with Sherry Llewellyn of the Howard County Police Department Download This File

(WBAL TV photo)

Howard County police have arrested two suspects in a recent string of daytime burglaries in which doors were being kicked in. 40 year old Joseph Baumgarten of Pasadena and 30 year old Dianna Marketti of Glen Burnie were charged early Friday morning with committing four burglaries. Detectives believe they have have been involved in as many as 10 additional cases and are continuing to investigate.

Police say Baumgarten and Marketti were charged in a September 12 case in which a house in Woodbine was burglarized by someone who had kicked the front door open. The residents said that jewelry and multiple guns were stolen. The two suspects have also been charged in a September 24 case in Ellicott City in which the front door was kicked in and Ravens football tickets were stolen. In another case on the same day, they were charged with kicking in the front door of a Columbia home and stealing jewelry and cash.

A neighbor in the Columbia case reported seeing a dark-colored PT Cruiser in the victim's driveway.

The two suspects are also facing charges in a September 26 burglary in Ellicott City. In that case, the front door was kicked in and cash and a video camera were stolen. a neighbor reported seeing a dark blue PT Cruiser parked in the victim's driveway.

Detectives were granted access to the Ravens football game at M&T Bank Stadium on September 27, the date on the tickets that had been stolen days earlier. They interviewed the people in the seats, one of whom owns a sports memorabilia shop. The person said that a woman had come into his store September 24 to sell the tickets. He had a record of the woman's name, which was listed as Dianna Marketti.

Police learned that a woman by that name drives a blue PT Cruiser. detectives then visited a pawn shop, found property that had been stolen, and reviewed store surveillance videos. The video showed a woman who matched Marketti's MVA photo enter the store with a man and sell the stolen merchandise. Police identified the man as Baumgarten.

During the investigation, police observed a blue PT Cruiser parked in Baumgarten's driveway. Detectives confirmed that he had sold stolen property to various pawn shops in recent days. Both suspects were arrested together in a traffic stop overnight.

Both suspects are facing four counts each of 1st-,3rd- and 4th degree burglary, theft and malicious destruction of property. Police say they may face additional charges as the investigation progresses.